(Encyclopedia) Bezruč, PetrBezruč, Petrpĕtˈər bĕzˈr&oomacr;ch [key], pseud. of Vladimir VašekVladimir Vašekväshˈĕk [key], 1867–1958, Czech poet, called the bard of Silesia. Bezruč's fame rests…
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Kievan RusKievan Ruskēˈĕfən [key], medieval state of the Eastern Slavs. It was the earliest predecessor of modern Ukraine and Russia. Flourishing from the…
(Encyclopedia) Stoppard, Tom, 1937–, English playwright, b. Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore, later (…
(Encyclopedia) Lysenko, Trofim DenisovichLysenko, Trofim Denisovichlĭsĕngˈkō, Rus. trəfēmˈ dyĭnyēˈsəvĭch lĭsyĕnˈkə [key], 1898–1976, Russian agronomist. As president of the Lenin All-Union Academy of…
by Ben Snowden Boris Yeltsin's sudden sacking of prime minister Sergei Stepashin on August 9, 1999, was part of a long series of reorganizations within the Russian government. After his…
(Encyclopedia) Milyukov or Miliukov, Pavel NikolayevichMilyukov or Miliukov, Pavel Nikolayevichboth: päˈvĭl nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch mēly&oomacr;kôfˈ [key], 1859–1943, Russian political leader and historian…
(Encyclopedia) GorkyGorkygôrˈkē [key] or Gorky LeninskoyeGorkylyĕˈnyĭnskəyə [key], suburb of Moscow, central European Russia. The country home of Lenin, who died there, is now a memorial museum.
(Encyclopedia) International, any of a succession of international socialist and Communist organizations of the 19th and 20th cent.
After World War I, the Second International was revived (1919) by…
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